The X-Files is 20 years old, and now you feel ancient

By By Craig Hlavaty

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FBI Special Agents Dana Scully, left, and Fox Mulder spent a lot of time squatting and squinting at evidence. In its pre-9/11 era, government conspiracy stories on ''The X-Files'' meant aliens, not drone attacks. less

FBI Special Agents Dana Scully, left, and Fox Mulder spent a lot of time squatting and squinting at evidence. In its pre-9/11 era, government conspiracy stories on ''The X-Files'' meant aliens, not drone ... more

Mulder (David Duchovny, center) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) join FBI agent Mosley Drummy (Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner) in investigating the assault and abduction of a woman in West Virginia in The X-Files: I Want to Believe. less

Mulder (David Duchovny, center) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) join FBI agent Mosley Drummy (Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner) in investigating the assault and abduction of a woman in West Virginia in The X-Files: I Want ... more

FILE--FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) search for clues in a foreboding cornfield in a scene from the movie 'The X-Files.' ``The X-Files'' opens in theaters Friday, June 19, 1998 as a Hollywood novelty: a movie made from a TV series that is still popular, with the same actors and a script that advances the small-screen story line. (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox) TV Chronilog - Friday - top pix. HOUCHRON CAPTION (08/22/1999): "The X-Files" (1998), starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, 8:30 p.m. MAX. less

FILE--FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) search for clues in a foreboding cornfield in a scene from the movie 'The X-Files.' ``The X-Files'' opens in theaters ... more

the x-files. david duchovny and gillian anderson HOUCHRON CAPTION (06/11/1998): David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are zapped into computer technology as the stars of a new X-Files computer adventure game.

the x-files. david duchovny and gillian anderson HOUCHRON CAPTION (06/11/1998): David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are zapped into computer technology as the stars of a new X-Files computer adventure game.

39835 THE X-FILES: Agents Mulder (David Duchovny, L) and Scully (Gillian Anderson, not pictured) investigate a murder that seems to have been committed by a blind woman (Lili Taylor, R) on the THE X-FILES episode 'Mind's Eye,' Sunday, April 19 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. 1998 FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY CR: DAVID GRAY less

39835 THE X-FILES: Agents Mulder (David Duchovny, L) and Scully (Gillian Anderson, not pictured) investigate a murder that seems to have been committed by a blind woman (Lili Taylor, R) on the THE X-FILES ... more

29831 THE X-FILES: A series of mass killings leads Mulder (David Duchovny, L) to startling evidence of extraterrestrial life while Scully (Gillian Anderson, R) confronts an unexpected new threat to her life on THE X-FILES episode Patient X, airing Sunday, March 1 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. 1998 FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY CR: MARCEL WILLIAMS less

29831 THE X-FILES: A series of mass killings leads Mulder (David Duchovny, L) to startling evidence of extraterrestrial life while Scully (Gillian Anderson, R) confronts an unexpected new threat to her life on ... more

29847 THE X-FILES: Pursuing a threat to Scully (Gillian Anderson, pictured), Mulder (David Duchovny, not pictured) is drawn into a conspiracy surrounding the existence of extraterrestrial life on THE X-FILES episode 'The Red And The Black,' Sunday, March 8 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. 1998 FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY CR: DAVID GRAY less

29847 THE X-FILES: Pursuing a threat to Scully (Gillian Anderson, pictured), Mulder (David Duchovny, not pictured) is drawn into a conspiracy surrounding the existence of extraterrestrial life on THE X-FILES ... more